--- product_id: 1143995 title: "CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations" brand: "sangean" price: "€ 175.33" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Sangean" url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/1143995-cl-100-noaa-s-a-m-e-and-public-alert store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Dual alarms with customizable wake options 10 memory presets with EEPROM backup NOAA-certified weather alerts CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations **Brand:** sangean **Price:** € 175.33 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🌩️ Be the first to know, the first to act β€” your ultimate weather watchdog! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations by sangean - **How much does it cost?** € 175.33 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/1143995-cl-100-noaa-s-a-m-e-and-public-alert) ## Best For - sangean enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted sangean brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Power When It Counts:** Runs on AC or 4 AA batteries with EEPROM backupβ€”ensuring alerts and presets survive power outages. - β€’ **Stay Ahead of Storms:** Receive real-time alerts from all 7 NOAA weather channels plus Public Alert certification for unmatched safety. - β€’ **Seamless Daily Routine:** Dual alarms with radio or buzzer wake-up, plus sleep and snooze timers, make mornings smarter and stress-free. - β€’ **Personalized Alert Zones:** Program up to 25 county-specific SAME codes to get hyper-local warnings tailored to your exact location. - β€’ **Crystal Clear Audio & Display:** Adjust bass, treble, LCD dimmer, and contrast for perfect sound and visibility anytime, anywhere. ## Overview The Sangean CL-100 is a compact, NOAA and Public Alert certified weather radio featuring programmable SAME codes for up to 25 locations, 10 station presets with EEPROM backup, and dual alarms with customizable wake options. It offers a high-resolution LCD display with adjustable dimmer and contrast, bass and treble controls for superior audio, and versatile power options including AC adapter and battery backup. Designed for professionals who demand reliable, localized weather alerts and seamless integration into daily life, it ensures you stay informed and prepared during severe weather events. ## Description From the Manufacturer Public Alert Certified weather radio receives reports on severe weather conditions Featuring a large LCD display that can scroll through S.A.M.E event information. View top panel Connect external sources such as CD and MP3 players. View larger Sangean's new compact Table-Top S.A.M.E. Weather Alert Radio is loaded with all the key features. The CL-100 is a Public Alert Certified weather radio and receives all NOAA reports informing people about severe weather advisories, monitors and warning conditions, civil emergencies, hazards, and evacuation details, so you can have more time to react before dangerous storms hit your area. When you're in a tornado path, seconds can mean the difference between life and death and that's when the Sangean CL-100 comes into play.LCD Scrolling DisplayThe CL-100 has a graphic LCM (128 x 64 pixels) LCD module with excellent display quality and a wide viewing angle. It can scroll S.A.M.E. event information across the LCD display. In addition, the CL-100 has dimmer and contrast control adjustment for viewing the display in the dark.Digital Signal Processing with 5 Station PresetsIt adopts a digital signal processing (DSP) chip and features up to 5 station presets for each AM/FM band. Using the preset buttons saves you time when searching for your favorites. The CL-100 has an auto-station-search function. It scans all available radio frequencies and finds the strongest AM/FM signal. It's equipped with RBDS capabilities, which means the signal is decoded by an RBDS receiver and can provides a range of informational features including Program Service (PS) name, Radio Text (RT) message, Clock Time (CT) and Date.Dual Alarm and Auto Shutoff FeaturesThe CL-100 is a perfect bedside alarm clock. You can set dual alarm times and choose waking to AM/FM radio or HWS (Human Wake-up System) buzzer alarms. There's also a snooze button. In addition, the sleep timer can be set from 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, to 120 minutes. The radio can be turned off automatically, so you can fall asleep to the music and then later gently awaken you with the news, music or alarm....the bass and treble can be adjusted as well to get the crisp crystal clear audio sound.Store up to 25 County CodesFinding the S.A.M.E. county codes on NOAA's web-site is easy and you can simply program them into the CL-100 and store up to 25 county codes and easily program them to sound alerts for surrounding counties as well your area's weather forecast. You can also retain the latest 20 event message memories.Connect External Sources Such As CD and MP3 PlayersA 3.5mm stereo Auxiliary Input socket is provided on the rear of the CL-100 to allow an audio signal to be fed into the unit from an external audio device such as MP3 or CD player.The CL-100 has a built-in external alert output jack for other accessories (e.g. hearing/visually impaired, flashing light, in/outdoor siren/alarm). You can also set the date, weekday and time on a digital watch manually or automatically by RBDS CT set.Two Ways to Use Your AntennaThe CL-100 can function with either fixed/embedded antennas for great reception of AM/FM/Weather from all directions, or you may purchase the optional ANT-100 magnetic spiral antenna to zero in on distant or weak stations in remote areas. Feeling safe is nothing like owning a Sangean CL-100, knowing that you can wake up when danger is approaching.Technical SpecificationsTuner: AM/FM/Weather (NOAA)Memory Presets: 10 (5 FM and 5 AM)RBDS Compatible: YesDisplay: LCD (128 x 64p)Antenna: Omnidirectional or bidirectional (configurable)Alarm: Dual alarm with radio and buzzerInput: 3.5mm Auxiliary inputSpeaker Size: 2.5"Speaker Impedance: 8 OhmsPower Sources: Batteries (Main Power, 4 x AA) or DC in (6V DC 400mA)Dimensions (WxHxD): 7.16" x 2.49" x 5.19"Weight: 12.4 oz Review: Finally, a weather radio I can live with - I've been in the market for a home weather radio for a few years now (yes, a few years). It was actually a frustrating search as I couldn't find one that had all of the features I wanted without annoying issues. Midlands wouldn't shut off at EOM, Reecom had a back-to-back alert bug, Radio Shack models had reliability issues, and I even looked at a few others but they didn't have everything I wanted. Even this radio had a lot of problems when it was originally released, but I tracked it through all of the firmware updates until it finally seemed like it would work how I wanted it to. Thankfully, it has. Overall, I absolutely LOVE this device. As a matter of fact, I was waiting for our first alert (besides the weekly test) to go off while we were home so I could hear it work before posting my review. We had a severe thunderstorm watch right as we were going to bed and it alerted us exactly how I expected. It does have a few drawbacks, but they are nothing that make me regret my purchase. Here are the pros and cons I found while I've had it: Pros: -You can set the date/time to use RDBS, which is a fancy way of saying it can sync the date/time from a local radio station if they transmit it. Mine has stayed synced with no issues since I've had it, so it's working great. -It honors EOM. I almost asked for a Midland weather radio for Christmas as they seemed highly recommended online. Thankfully I found some reviews on desertcart that mentioned they do not honor the 3 burst EOM signal at the end of an alert and constantly go off for 5 minutes. That was a deal-breaker for me. This device works perfectly as right after the 3rd EOM burst, it shut off the radio. We could go back to sleep without having to get up to turn it off or be forced to listen to it for 5 minutes. The manual seems to indicate it works like the Midland, but it's incorrect as it shuts off after the EOM. -It allows you to silence certain alerts. For instance, the weekly test is disabled, so it will receive the test and show it on the display, but won't do any audible alerts. I believe some alerts, like tornado warning, don't allow you to do this, but I feel that's excellent as events like those shouldn't allow you to accidentally disable them. -It allows SAME codes, either single, or multiple, so you only get alerts for the counties/parishes you want. If you set multiple, you can even toggle them on and off in the menu instead of having to delete and add, if you want that type of control. -It shows when the active alert will expire. -It has 3 LEDs that light up for warning, watch and advisory. That's nice if you miss the broadcast, like if you're outside and you come in and see an LED you can know you have an active alert and what type it is. -It has a weather button that you can press to listen to the weather channel you're using, which broadcasts current conditions and forecasts. I sometimes listen to this in the morning while getting dressed to get an idea of what the weather will be like today and for the week ahead. They even discuss the tropics during hurricane season, which being on the south coast is something I'm always monitoring. If you press the weather button again, it turns off. -You can choose to have a siren alert, or voice alert, though the voice alert starts with a siren before the message is announced. -The siren doesn't start off at full volume. Reviews of earlier versions of this radio indicated that in voice mode, there was no way to adjust the siren volume and it came on full blast. With this version, you can change the siren volume and it will affect the siren level that goes off before the voice alert, and it even does a "humane" version where it starts off low and increases in volume until reaching the volume you selected (Low, Middle, or High). -It has the ability to add new alert codes in case new alerts are added to the system. I don't know if they'll ever add any new codes, but at least you have the option to add them. -It has a history of expired alerts that you can scroll through. -Display can be adjusted to turn off and you can adjust a timer for how long it stays on after a button press. This can be good if you use it in your bedroom and the light from the display is too much. I don't have it right next to my bed so I always leave the display on and it doesn't bother me. -It comes with 2 alarms that are very customizable. Each allows you to wake up to a radio station or an alarm sound. You can set the time, the individual days of the week, and adjust the volume for the radio alarm and alarm sound (they both have their own volume setting). These both do the humane waking where they increase in volume to the volume you set. -Sound quality is very good for a radio this size. You can even adjust the treble and bass, though I think it sounds fine with the defaults. -It has a battery backup that uses 4 AA batteries. This is crucial since in severe weather, you want your weather radio to still work if the weather knocks out the power. Cons: -My main gripe is that it doesn't show the date/time of expired events while scrolling through them. The main reason why I would like this feature is because I wanted to use the weekly tests to verify that the radio is working correctly. Without the date/time of expired events, I can't easily see if the last alert I received was the weekly test for this week or weeks past. I have a workaround that relies on the fact that when you press the button to scroll through the alerts, if you do it again later it remembers the last one you were on. So I'll scroll down to expired alert # 3 for instance, and when I press the button to scroll later and it's on the same alert # 3, I know I haven't received a new one. If it resets me to #1, I know I had an alert since I last checked. I'm at least glad I discovered this so I can still use the weekly test to verify the radio is working, but it would be nice to know when those expired alerts happened. -The display could be a con depending on where you have the radio as the angle is not adjustable and the viewing angle isn't that great. I'm not using this as my primary alarm clock, so it's not a big deal for me, but it's something to keep in mind if you want to be able to see the time while in bed. -The menu exits after a little while of inactivity. This was annoying while trying to set up the radio since if you pause to figure out how you want to set something, it will frequently go back to the main screen and you'll have to browse back to the setting you want to change again. Once I had it programmed though, I rarely go through the menus except to change the alarm, so it hasn't bothered me since setup. -The quick start manual is terrible. I usually read the manuals for electronics I buy, but the quick start is one I probably should have skipped. I find the main manual is much better to use when setting up. For instance, the quick start just says to select the channel of the weather radio you will use, with no mention of what channels map to what frequency. I found my local transmitter on the NOAA website and got the frequency, but I had no idea how this radio mapped the channels to the frequency. I found this information near the very end of the main manual, which IMO, is a terrible place to put it. That chart should have been in the beginning of the quick start so you could know what to enter. -It does the humane volume increase while browsing for radio stations. The humane volume increase is great for alarm or weather alert mode, but is bizarre for channel surfing the radio. -The description of "Defeat Siren" should be "Defeat Alert" since it controls if either of them do an audible alert. Overall, the pros easily outweigh the cons. This is definitely the weather radio I've been waiting for and the one I would recommend to anybody looking to purchase one. Review: Great little radio and weather alert - I just received my Sangean CL-100 in the mail. I'll update this review in the future with comments about it's durability and battery life. Keep in mind that I bought this primarily as 1) a kitchen radio, 2) an emergency radio when the power goes out, and 3) a weather alert when I know big storms with potential hazards (like tornadoes) are coming through the area. On these fronts, it's about perfect. Although it has alarm clock functions, I did not purchase it for these purposes. Before purchasing the Sangean, I had a similar weather alert radio made by Radio Shack [Catalog #12-519], but I returned it a few weeks ago. It worked fine, but the Sangean cost less and potentially had better sound and reception (which it turns out it did). Throughout the review, I'll compare the Sangean to it's Radio Shack competitor even though it appears that Radio Shack has discontinued the radio I bought from them, replacing it with a new one that has a completely different design [Catalog #12-996]. PROS: --Well Made: It feels and looks like a high quality product, much more so than the radio I had purchased from Radio Shack, which felt fine for something that cost $20 to $30, but I had purchased it on sale for $60. --Great Sound: The speaker produces great sound for it's small size. It works well in our kitchen. The default mix is just right for classical music, NPR, and talk radio, and you can adjust the bass and treble if needed. The sound is better than the competition from Radio Shack. I don't think the comparable Midland or Reecom products have an equalizer either. --Great Reception: It picks up stations very clearly, including the closest weather station. Again, it does this better than the radio from Radio Shack, which only picked up one weather station while the Sangean picks up 2. The Radio Shack radio struggled to pick up the local NPR station while the Sangean does not (although I have to extend the antenna for it to come in at full volume). --Weather Alerts: It has the same weather alert capabilities as its competitors. However, you do have to know your county FIPS code, which isn't hard to look up online, while some of the competitors have all of the counties listed in the radio by state. --Stereo Headphone Out: You can use this as your radio receiver and plug in bigger speakers if you need more volume (assuming the external speakers have their own amp). This is a nice plus over some of the competition, including the Radio Shack unit I previously owned. --Small Size: I was surprised how small it is and how much sound it's able to produce for being so small. This is a plus if you don't want your whole night stand or kitchen counter taken up by a radio. --Ease of Use: It was pretty easy to figure out how to set everything up. I only had to look up a couple of things in the manual. There are some quirks, which I discuss below. MIXED BAG (could be Pro or Con depending on your views): --Siren Volume: Even the quietest volume setting for the weather alert siren is quite loud. Of course, the purpose of a weather alert is to alert you of an emergency. CONS (though these are quibbles): --Screen: The screen is fine if you're just using it as a radio. I like all of the information it shows, but as an alarm clock, it wouldn't work well. The angle is bad. It should be on the front of the unit like the screens of most alarms instead of on the top at an angle. The text is small for an alarm clock and would be hard to read even if the angle weren't bad. As far as screen location and size, the Radio Shack competitor was much better, but it had a bright blue background that lit up the whole room and made it difficult to read the time from an angle. The Reecom and Midland competitors also have screens on the top. So in the end, this con does not put it at a disadvantage to the competition. Plus, I don't use it as an alarm, so it doesn't matter to me. --Location of LED Warning Lights: The Sangean has LED warning lights for the different weather alerts: red for warning, orange for watch, etc. However, they're on the top of the unit, so if you have it on your night stand, it would be hard to see the lights without sitting up a bit. This is one area where the Radio Shack competitor wins out. --Automatic Menu Exit: If you're in the menu and don't push a button after 5 seconds, it will automatically exit you out of the menu. That's annoying, but once you have the alert codes set up, this isn't an issue. --Lack of Handle, Non-Upright Position: It would be more portable if the unit had a handle and was made to sit up-right. You can sit it up right to save space, but it can be hard to read the screen when it's in this position. ## Features - NOAA and Public Alert Certified Weather Radio Receives all 7 NOAA Weather Channels and Reports, S.A.M.E. Broadcasts up to 25 Programmable FIPS Location Codes with 3 Messages: Warning / Watch / Advisory Lights - Stores up to 20 Alert Messages and 10 Memory Station Presets 5 AM / 5 FM with EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Dual Daily Alarms with Waking to AM / FM Radio or Buzzer Alarm, Sleep and Snooze Timers, LCD Dimmer and Contrast Control Adjustments and Bass & Treble Controls - DC Power Input, Stereo Headphone Output, AM, FM and Weather External Antenna Connections, Aux-in, External Horn or Light Alert Connection and Ground Terminal - Operates with Included AC Adapter or 4AA Batteries (not included) ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B003QHXZM4 | | Additional Features | Lightweight | | Antenna Location | Weather Alerts, Local News, AM/FM Music Broadcasts | | Audio Output Mode | Stereo | | Best Sellers Rank | #27,239 in Electronics ( See Top 100 in Electronics ) #73 in Weather Radios | | Brand | Sangean | | Built-In Media | Deluxe Tabletop Am/fm Clock Radio With Same Weather Alert | | Color | Black | | Compatible Devices | Headphone | | Connectivity Technology | Auxiliary | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 1,374 Reviews | | Display Technology | LCD | | Display Type | LCD | | Enclosure Material | Plastic | | Frequency | 108 MHz | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00729288028147 | | Hardware Interface | 3.5mm Audio | | Item Dimensions L x W x H | 7.16"L x 5.19"W x 2.5"H | | Item Type Name | Weather Alert | | Item Weight | 1.1 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Sangean | | Mfr Part Number | CL-100 | | Model Number | CL-100 | | Number of Batteries | 4 AA batteries required. | | Power Source | Battery Powered, Corded Electric | | Product Dimensions | 7.16"L x 5.19"W x 2.5"H | | Radio Bands Supported | AM, FM | | Smart Home Compatibility | Not Smart Home Compatible | | Speaker Maximum Output Power | 1 Watts | | Special Feature | Lightweight | | Style Name | Weather Alert | | Tuner Technology | AM , FM | | Tuner Type | AM, FM | | UPC | 807034595614 611101597186 782386462794 851975728013 782386458643 100177372181 887185021743 763615825740 078667462080 956260544726 523161220259 765042362867 122933136950 031111188905 041114494194 782361297809 850871061972 071030171701 012303870556 110709376433 729288028147 809393878704 803982783554 782386076380 172304325117 043468802823 731215370564 088022236874 163120547500 885417264944 1723026171… | | Voltage | 1.5 Volts | | Warranty Description | 1 Year Parts and Labor | | Water Resistance Level | Water Resistant | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Sangean - **Color:** Black - **Connectivity Technology:** Auxiliary - **Included Components:** Deluxe Tabletop Am/fm Clock Radio With Same Weather Alert - **Power Source:** Battery Powered, Corded Electric - **Product Dimensions:** 7.16"L x 5.19"W x 2.5"H - **Radio Bands Supported:** AM, FM - **Special Feature:** Lightweight - **Style:** Weather Alert - **Tuner Technology:** AM, FM ## Images ![CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91mM5F7VzwL.jpg) ![CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71fGFu2EaEL.jpg) ![CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71rhYo10YjL.jpg) ![CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615K8xTf0-L.jpg) ![CL-100 NOAA, S.A.M.E and Public Alert Certified Weather Alert Table-Top Radio with AM/FM-RBDS, and EEPROM Back Up for Preset Stations - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71tHl8SOdVL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Finally, a weather radio I can live with *by S***D on October 3, 2014* I've been in the market for a home weather radio for a few years now (yes, a few years). It was actually a frustrating search as I couldn't find one that had all of the features I wanted without annoying issues. Midlands wouldn't shut off at EOM, Reecom had a back-to-back alert bug, Radio Shack models had reliability issues, and I even looked at a few others but they didn't have everything I wanted. Even this radio had a lot of problems when it was originally released, but I tracked it through all of the firmware updates until it finally seemed like it would work how I wanted it to. Thankfully, it has. Overall, I absolutely LOVE this device. As a matter of fact, I was waiting for our first alert (besides the weekly test) to go off while we were home so I could hear it work before posting my review. We had a severe thunderstorm watch right as we were going to bed and it alerted us exactly how I expected. It does have a few drawbacks, but they are nothing that make me regret my purchase. Here are the pros and cons I found while I've had it: Pros: -You can set the date/time to use RDBS, which is a fancy way of saying it can sync the date/time from a local radio station if they transmit it. Mine has stayed synced with no issues since I've had it, so it's working great. -It honors EOM. I almost asked for a Midland weather radio for Christmas as they seemed highly recommended online. Thankfully I found some reviews on Amazon that mentioned they do not honor the 3 burst EOM signal at the end of an alert and constantly go off for 5 minutes. That was a deal-breaker for me. This device works perfectly as right after the 3rd EOM burst, it shut off the radio. We could go back to sleep without having to get up to turn it off or be forced to listen to it for 5 minutes. The manual seems to indicate it works like the Midland, but it's incorrect as it shuts off after the EOM. -It allows you to silence certain alerts. For instance, the weekly test is disabled, so it will receive the test and show it on the display, but won't do any audible alerts. I believe some alerts, like tornado warning, don't allow you to do this, but I feel that's excellent as events like those shouldn't allow you to accidentally disable them. -It allows SAME codes, either single, or multiple, so you only get alerts for the counties/parishes you want. If you set multiple, you can even toggle them on and off in the menu instead of having to delete and add, if you want that type of control. -It shows when the active alert will expire. -It has 3 LEDs that light up for warning, watch and advisory. That's nice if you miss the broadcast, like if you're outside and you come in and see an LED you can know you have an active alert and what type it is. -It has a weather button that you can press to listen to the weather channel you're using, which broadcasts current conditions and forecasts. I sometimes listen to this in the morning while getting dressed to get an idea of what the weather will be like today and for the week ahead. They even discuss the tropics during hurricane season, which being on the south coast is something I'm always monitoring. If you press the weather button again, it turns off. -You can choose to have a siren alert, or voice alert, though the voice alert starts with a siren before the message is announced. -The siren doesn't start off at full volume. Reviews of earlier versions of this radio indicated that in voice mode, there was no way to adjust the siren volume and it came on full blast. With this version, you can change the siren volume and it will affect the siren level that goes off before the voice alert, and it even does a "humane" version where it starts off low and increases in volume until reaching the volume you selected (Low, Middle, or High). -It has the ability to add new alert codes in case new alerts are added to the system. I don't know if they'll ever add any new codes, but at least you have the option to add them. -It has a history of expired alerts that you can scroll through. -Display can be adjusted to turn off and you can adjust a timer for how long it stays on after a button press. This can be good if you use it in your bedroom and the light from the display is too much. I don't have it right next to my bed so I always leave the display on and it doesn't bother me. -It comes with 2 alarms that are very customizable. Each allows you to wake up to a radio station or an alarm sound. You can set the time, the individual days of the week, and adjust the volume for the radio alarm and alarm sound (they both have their own volume setting). These both do the humane waking where they increase in volume to the volume you set. -Sound quality is very good for a radio this size. You can even adjust the treble and bass, though I think it sounds fine with the defaults. -It has a battery backup that uses 4 AA batteries. This is crucial since in severe weather, you want your weather radio to still work if the weather knocks out the power. Cons: -My main gripe is that it doesn't show the date/time of expired events while scrolling through them. The main reason why I would like this feature is because I wanted to use the weekly tests to verify that the radio is working correctly. Without the date/time of expired events, I can't easily see if the last alert I received was the weekly test for this week or weeks past. I have a workaround that relies on the fact that when you press the button to scroll through the alerts, if you do it again later it remembers the last one you were on. So I'll scroll down to expired alert # 3 for instance, and when I press the button to scroll later and it's on the same alert # 3, I know I haven't received a new one. If it resets me to #1, I know I had an alert since I last checked. I'm at least glad I discovered this so I can still use the weekly test to verify the radio is working, but it would be nice to know when those expired alerts happened. -The display could be a con depending on where you have the radio as the angle is not adjustable and the viewing angle isn't that great. I'm not using this as my primary alarm clock, so it's not a big deal for me, but it's something to keep in mind if you want to be able to see the time while in bed. -The menu exits after a little while of inactivity. This was annoying while trying to set up the radio since if you pause to figure out how you want to set something, it will frequently go back to the main screen and you'll have to browse back to the setting you want to change again. Once I had it programmed though, I rarely go through the menus except to change the alarm, so it hasn't bothered me since setup. -The quick start manual is terrible. I usually read the manuals for electronics I buy, but the quick start is one I probably should have skipped. I find the main manual is much better to use when setting up. For instance, the quick start just says to select the channel of the weather radio you will use, with no mention of what channels map to what frequency. I found my local transmitter on the NOAA website and got the frequency, but I had no idea how this radio mapped the channels to the frequency. I found this information near the very end of the main manual, which IMO, is a terrible place to put it. That chart should have been in the beginning of the quick start so you could know what to enter. -It does the humane volume increase while browsing for radio stations. The humane volume increase is great for alarm or weather alert mode, but is bizarre for channel surfing the radio. -The description of "Defeat Siren" should be "Defeat Alert" since it controls if either of them do an audible alert. Overall, the pros easily outweigh the cons. This is definitely the weather radio I've been waiting for and the one I would recommend to anybody looking to purchase one. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great little radio and weather alert *by M***N on November 9, 2012* I just received my Sangean CL-100 in the mail. I'll update this review in the future with comments about it's durability and battery life. Keep in mind that I bought this primarily as 1) a kitchen radio, 2) an emergency radio when the power goes out, and 3) a weather alert when I know big storms with potential hazards (like tornadoes) are coming through the area. On these fronts, it's about perfect. Although it has alarm clock functions, I did not purchase it for these purposes. Before purchasing the Sangean, I had a similar weather alert radio made by Radio Shack [Catalog #12-519], but I returned it a few weeks ago. It worked fine, but the Sangean cost less and potentially had better sound and reception (which it turns out it did). Throughout the review, I'll compare the Sangean to it's Radio Shack competitor even though it appears that Radio Shack has discontinued the radio I bought from them, replacing it with a new one that has a completely different design [Catalog #12-996]. PROS: --Well Made: It feels and looks like a high quality product, much more so than the radio I had purchased from Radio Shack, which felt fine for something that cost $20 to $30, but I had purchased it on sale for $60. --Great Sound: The speaker produces great sound for it's small size. It works well in our kitchen. The default mix is just right for classical music, NPR, and talk radio, and you can adjust the bass and treble if needed. The sound is better than the competition from Radio Shack. I don't think the comparable Midland or Reecom products have an equalizer either. --Great Reception: It picks up stations very clearly, including the closest weather station. Again, it does this better than the radio from Radio Shack, which only picked up one weather station while the Sangean picks up 2. The Radio Shack radio struggled to pick up the local NPR station while the Sangean does not (although I have to extend the antenna for it to come in at full volume). --Weather Alerts: It has the same weather alert capabilities as its competitors. However, you do have to know your county FIPS code, which isn't hard to look up online, while some of the competitors have all of the counties listed in the radio by state. --Stereo Headphone Out: You can use this as your radio receiver and plug in bigger speakers if you need more volume (assuming the external speakers have their own amp). This is a nice plus over some of the competition, including the Radio Shack unit I previously owned. --Small Size: I was surprised how small it is and how much sound it's able to produce for being so small. This is a plus if you don't want your whole night stand or kitchen counter taken up by a radio. --Ease of Use: It was pretty easy to figure out how to set everything up. I only had to look up a couple of things in the manual. There are some quirks, which I discuss below. MIXED BAG (could be Pro or Con depending on your views): --Siren Volume: Even the quietest volume setting for the weather alert siren is quite loud. Of course, the purpose of a weather alert is to alert you of an emergency. CONS (though these are quibbles): --Screen: The screen is fine if you're just using it as a radio. I like all of the information it shows, but as an alarm clock, it wouldn't work well. The angle is bad. It should be on the front of the unit like the screens of most alarms instead of on the top at an angle. The text is small for an alarm clock and would be hard to read even if the angle weren't bad. As far as screen location and size, the Radio Shack competitor was much better, but it had a bright blue background that lit up the whole room and made it difficult to read the time from an angle. The Reecom and Midland competitors also have screens on the top. So in the end, this con does not put it at a disadvantage to the competition. Plus, I don't use it as an alarm, so it doesn't matter to me. --Location of LED Warning Lights: The Sangean has LED warning lights for the different weather alerts: red for warning, orange for watch, etc. However, they're on the top of the unit, so if you have it on your night stand, it would be hard to see the lights without sitting up a bit. This is one area where the Radio Shack competitor wins out. --Automatic Menu Exit: If you're in the menu and don't push a button after 5 seconds, it will automatically exit you out of the menu. That's annoying, but once you have the alert codes set up, this isn't an issue. --Lack of Handle, Non-Upright Position: It would be more portable if the unit had a handle and was made to sit up-right. You can sit it up right to save space, but it can be hard to read the screen when it's in this position. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great WX functionality, moderate FM, lousy AM (but who listens to AM anymore, anyway?) *by J***. on June 17, 2018* I took my time searching for a weather radio that fit my needs, not only for personal use, but as a sort of makeshift Emergency Alert System device for a future Internet radio station (look up the price of the actual EAS units and you'll see why). Whatever radio I bought had to have several features to make that work: alert localization by FIPS code (the S.A.M.E. functionality), external audio output, external alert voltage output to trigger a contact closure, and importantly, End-Of-Message support (to turn the radio and voltage off after the alert has aired). This radio does all of that. Reception on the weather band is about as good as one could hope for. I'm in something of a no-man's land (in terms of both commercial TV and radio AND weather radio broadcasts). My county is technically split between three different NWS forecasting offices by way of three different weather radio stations. I'm comfortably inside the far reach of my primary weather radio station to the southwest, I'm just inside the fringe of the secondary station to the north-northwest, and well outside the coverage of the tertiary station to the east (which operates at a lower power than the other two to begin with). I'm only using the attached antenna , and if this were a cheaper radio, I would probably only be receiving the primary station. That's what I half-expected anyway, just because I didn't want to get my hopes up. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that both the primary AND secondary stations come in quite clearly! The third station, I'm afraid, is hopeless from this distance unless I connected this radio to my rooftop antenna and aimed it east, but that's a bit overkill for my purposes, and most storm systems come in from the west, anyway, so it's not really worth it just to hear alerts AFTER the storm has passed. Commercial FM reception, however, is not quite up to the same level, though again, to be fair, I *am* in something of a no-man's land in that regard. Local stations come in perfectly well, but it's only picking up two or three of the regional stations that all of my other radios pick up just fine. Distant stations that my other radios receive with some effort are nowhere to be found. That *may* be remedied by connecting to an external antenna -- preferably a directional dipole or even a rooftop or tower Yagi if you rig up an RCA connection for it -- but I haven't attempted that, mostly because I simply have no reason to do so. One side note: this reception difficulty, at least for my purposes, practically renders the automatic RDBS clock synchronization function useless, because the local stations in my town either don't broadcast RDBS data or don't include clock time IN their RDBS data. One of the regional stations DOES, but either the data is being received incorrectly on my end, or they've failed to set the date and Daylight Saving settings on their RDBS encoder. So if you live in a rural area like I do, you're likely doing to have to set the date and time yourself. It's not really a problem by any measure, just an inconvenience when the functionality is present. It's not even necessarily a fault with the radio itself. All that said, if you live in a more populated region than I do, closer to a specific media market with more options available to you on the FM dial, none of that is going to be a problem for you. The AM side is... well, it exists. That's about all I can say for it. And, frankly, that's about all I can say for AM radio at all anymore. Between the terrible programming and the interference caused by modern electronic devices, AM radio is unlistenable at this point to begin with. But I did give the band a shot on this radio just to see how it performed, and while not at all surprised, I was definitely disappointed. AM receivers are, in general, an afterthought for manufacturers these days, but sometimes you come across one that's still halfway decent. This one doesn't even make it a *quarter* of the way to "decent." As free from interference as I could get it in a semi-urban setting, in the daytime hours, the internal AM antenna ONLY pulls in my local Class C graveyard channel (and not even full-power Class C, we're talking 500 watts day, 250 at night), which is almost exactly seven-tenths of a mile from me. Nighttime skywave reception isn't much better. The local graveyarder still comes in (I *would* actually be shocked if it didn't, as it resonates off the back of my refrigerator on humid summer nights), but even the regional flamethrowers barely show up. I'm 100 miles from WJR, which throws a lobe in my direction. They're barely audible. I'm 150 miles from WTAM. It's not even there. I'm 200 miles from WLW. Nada. WSM and WHAM showed up in my band scan, but only just. I connected my homemade AM loop and ground wire combo just to see if it improved anything. It did not. And this is a setup that I've used on several other radios for more than a decade with fantastic results, so I know it's not my shoddy workmanship that's the problem there. It's the radio. However, again, all that being said, are you even listening to AM radio anymore? Who IS? No one. You're not buying this radio for its AM reception, you're buying it to be a weather alert radio. The one star I docked this rating is for the FM mediocrity, not the AM misery. I only included my complaints about the AM side in this review because fellow geeks like me might want to be warned about it. Most of you won't care. Back to the weather functionality, then. The S.A.M.E. feature has worked flawlessly so far as best I can tell. I'm not hearing the alerts for the FIPS codes in my area that I haven't programmed in, so those are getting filtered out. There IS one concerning moment that I experienced: a flood warning was issued for a neighboring county one evening, which triggered an alert as it should. However, while that alert was still active on the radio, a severe thunderstorm warning for the southern portion of MY county was issued, but it did NOT trigger an alert. Now, it COULD be that the storm was breaking up the signal between my location and the transmitter (the storm was right smack-dab between us), and my radio simply didn't receive the data bursts that trigger the alert. But what worries me is the possibility that the radio DID receive the severe thunderstorm warning but simply didn't activate because there was a already another warning in effect, even if it was of another type. If the latter guess is true, that poses a safety issue. I haven't had the radio long enough to determine by experience if that's what happened or not, so don't take this to mean that it's a known problem, but it might be something to watch out for. One question I didn't have the answer to when I bought it was whether or not the auxiliary input would be interrupted by the weather alerts. I *presumed* that it would -- I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't and a whole lot of reasons why it should -- but nothing in the radio's manual or promotional information makes that clear. I can now confirm that yes, in fact, it does. So if you're planning on connecting, say, your phone or some other device to it (I use it for my laptop on my bedside table), you don't have to worry: you'll still get awakened in the middle of the night to learn that the world is ending. I *will* note that the auxiliary input is a TAD bit weak. My laptop's headphone jack automatically switches to line level based on resistance (as most do), so I keep it cranked up to 100% when plugged into the radio, but even then, with the radio at 50% volume itself, there's an airy bit of white noise that the radio adds. Prior to buying this radio, I was using a pair of (ancient) active desktop computer speakers to achieve the same volume level, and they did not add this level of noise. That says to me that the physical input on the radio is not feeding the amplifier at full power. It's not enough to keep me up at night, but then, I'm the type who could sleep right through the Nuclear Holocaust, so if your ears are sensitive to such things, it may be more noticeable. And from a broadcasting perspective, I had considered the possibility that I might not need the external contact closure relay for audio streaming purposes, simply running the mix into the auxiliary input, then out the headphone jack into the stream encoder, but with that noise being added, that's definitely a no-go. The contact closure setup WILL be necessary. I have only used the headphone jack as an external audio output -- I haven't plugged any actual headphones into it yet -- so I don't know how well it's going to power them, and that would vary by the resistance of the drivers, anyway, so I can't tell you how loud it will be. However, there is *definitely* amplification there. As with any headphone jack, it's not line-level audio, and using it for line-level purposes as I do, it should never be turned up full-blast. If you're using external speakers or connecting it to an amplifier, keep the radio at 50% volume, otherwise you're going to overmod by about 6dB, and the end result will not be fun for you. I learned from the experience of others, so take my advice and learn from their experience, yourself. Some others here in the reviews have mentioned the quick shutoff timing of the menu system, and yes, it can be a pain. I suggest writing out all of the FIPS codes you plan to enter in before doing so. That way you're not having to go back through the menu every time you have to look one up. The ability to switch alert types on and off is handy. I like hearing the required weekly and monthly tests, which are both turned off by default. Some of the others you might want to turn off, though I don't really see a reason to. For example, I seriously doubt I'm ever going to hear a hurricane warning alert here in Michigan, so there's no reason to have the radio listen for one, but since there's never going to be one issued, there's no real reason to turn it off, either. So the choice is nice to have, but it's not really all that necessary, at least in most cases that I can think of. Your mileage may vary. All in all, I'm very pleased with my purchase, and when I get my stream online, I *will* be buying another for it. If you're looking for a solid weather radio, look no further; you've found it. If you're looking for a solid all-around tabletop radio, there are others out there that might be better suited for your purposes. 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